Raquette Falls Land Co. v. Hoyt
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by. the defendants, Albert Hoyt and others (doing busimess under the name of “The Carthage Lumber Company”), from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county óf, Herkimér on the l'Tth day of September, 1904, Upon the report of a referee.
1Opinion of the Court
Nash, J.:
This action is in trespass, brought to recover the value of timber cut. and removed by' the defendants from 343. acres oil lot No. 4 and 275 acres on lot Ho. 19, Watson's East Triangle,. Herkimer county, which lands were wild and unoccupied. Each party claims title to the lots- under separate tax sales, but the source of title as to'each lot being different' it is necessary to consider the question of title as to each separately.
The source of title of the respondent to lot 4 is a grant by letters patent from the People of the - State to the- Sacketts Harbor and Saratoga Railroad…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- McGee v. MathisSupreme Court of the United States · 1866
- Wells v. . JohnstonNew York Court of Appeals · 1902
- Asylum v. New OrleansSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Wells v. JohnstonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900
- Raquette Falls Land Co. v. International Paper Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1905
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- Pickell v. City of UticaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1914